Killed When Blue Comet Hits Truck
William Taylor, colored Shrewsbury Farm Hard, Meets Instant Death when He Drives in Path of Express Train.
William Taylor, colored, of Shrewsbury was instantly killed shortly before one o'clock Friday afternoon when the truck which he was driving was struck by the Central Railroad express, the Blue Comet, while crossing the tracks at finkel's lane in that borough. His injuries consisted of a broken back, crushed chest, internal injuries, fractured left arm, fractured left ankle and many contusions and bruises.
An investigation of the accident was immediately begun by Shrewsbury authorities and the railroad company. William J. Smith of Elizabeth, engineer of the train, was taken into custody for questioning, and was later released.
Taylor, who was 42 years old, was employed by a farmer in Shrewsbury as a farm hand and at the time of the accident was engaged in driving an empty farm produce truck from one section of the property to another. Investigators stated that he had apparently driven his truck directly in the path of the oncoming express and at no time attempted to apply his brakes. Examination of the road surface, which is of clay and gravel, revealed this fact. The crossing, from which an unobstructed view of the tracks in both directions may be obtained, is a private one and has no watchman.
Engineer Smith stated that the bell of the Blue Comet had been kept ringing ever since the train pulled out of the red Bank station. The whistle, he said, had also been sounded. Finkel's lane is one of several small thoroughfares that cross the tracks before the latter reach the new state highway bridge about two thousand yards from the scene of the accident.
The collision carried the farm truck to directly beneath the highway bridge. The truck was demolished and the locomotive of the train badly damaged. A steam valve cap from the automatic safety control of the engine was damaged and the steam escaped. After a delay of about an hour, the train limped into the Eatontown station, where an extra locomotive from Red bank took up the interrupted journey. During this time autoists crossing the highway bridge parked and left their cars, to get closer to the scene of the accident, and a bad traffic jam resulted.
County Physician H. W. Hartman was notified and he issued the death certificate. The body was ordered removed to the Worden funeral home at Red Bank and was prepared for burial.
Mr. Taylor was born in Virginia but had resided at Beacon, New York, before moving to this section six years ago. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Charlotte Taylor; two daughters, Miss Marion Taylor of Shrewsbury and Mrs. Harriet Henderson of Duchess Junction, New York; three sons, Richard, William and Cleveland Taylor, all of Springfield, Massachusetts, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Turner of Mendham.
Mr. Taylor was employed on the farm owned by C. Broderson of Shrewsbury. Mr. Broderson stated that Taylor did not possess a driver's license because he was employed only in driving on the farm property.
The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock at the Worden funeral home on East Front street with Rev. Joseph W. Lee, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, officiating. Professional bearers were in attendance. Burial, in charge of the Worden funeral home, was made at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning in White Ridge cemetery at Eatontown.
Red Bank Register, Thurs., Jan. 16, 1936
William Taylor, colored Shrewsbury Farm Hard, Meets Instant Death when He Drives in Path of Express Train.
William Taylor, colored, of Shrewsbury was instantly killed shortly before one o'clock Friday afternoon when the truck which he was driving was struck by the Central Railroad express, the Blue Comet, while crossing the tracks at finkel's lane in that borough. His injuries consisted of a broken back, crushed chest, internal injuries, fractured left arm, fractured left ankle and many contusions and bruises.
An investigation of the accident was immediately begun by Shrewsbury authorities and the railroad company. William J. Smith of Elizabeth, engineer of the train, was taken into custody for questioning, and was later released.
Taylor, who was 42 years old, was employed by a farmer in Shrewsbury as a farm hand and at the time of the accident was engaged in driving an empty farm produce truck from one section of the property to another. Investigators stated that he had apparently driven his truck directly in the path of the oncoming express and at no time attempted to apply his brakes. Examination of the road surface, which is of clay and gravel, revealed this fact. The crossing, from which an unobstructed view of the tracks in both directions may be obtained, is a private one and has no watchman.
Engineer Smith stated that the bell of the Blue Comet had been kept ringing ever since the train pulled out of the red Bank station. The whistle, he said, had also been sounded. Finkel's lane is one of several small thoroughfares that cross the tracks before the latter reach the new state highway bridge about two thousand yards from the scene of the accident.
The collision carried the farm truck to directly beneath the highway bridge. The truck was demolished and the locomotive of the train badly damaged. A steam valve cap from the automatic safety control of the engine was damaged and the steam escaped. After a delay of about an hour, the train limped into the Eatontown station, where an extra locomotive from Red bank took up the interrupted journey. During this time autoists crossing the highway bridge parked and left their cars, to get closer to the scene of the accident, and a bad traffic jam resulted.
County Physician H. W. Hartman was notified and he issued the death certificate. The body was ordered removed to the Worden funeral home at Red Bank and was prepared for burial.
Mr. Taylor was born in Virginia but had resided at Beacon, New York, before moving to this section six years ago. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Charlotte Taylor; two daughters, Miss Marion Taylor of Shrewsbury and Mrs. Harriet Henderson of Duchess Junction, New York; three sons, Richard, William and Cleveland Taylor, all of Springfield, Massachusetts, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Turner of Mendham.
Mr. Taylor was employed on the farm owned by C. Broderson of Shrewsbury. Mr. Broderson stated that Taylor did not possess a driver's license because he was employed only in driving on the farm property.
The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock at the Worden funeral home on East Front street with Rev. Joseph W. Lee, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, officiating. Professional bearers were in attendance. Burial, in charge of the Worden funeral home, was made at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning in White Ridge cemetery at Eatontown.
Red Bank Register, Thurs., Jan. 16, 1936
Killed When Blue Comet Hits Truck
William Taylor, colored Shrewsbury Farm Hard, Meets Instant Death when He Drives in Path of Express Train.
William Taylor, colored, of Shrewsbury was instantly killed shortly before one o'clock Friday afternoon when the truck which he was driving was struck by the Central Railroad express, the Blue Comet, while crossing the tracks at finkel's lane in that borough. His injuries consisted of a broken back, crushed chest, internal injuries, fractured left arm, fractured left ankle and many contusions and bruises.
An investigation of the accident was immediately begun by Shrewsbury authorities and the railroad company. William J. Smith of Elizabeth, engineer of the train, was taken into custody for questioning, and was later released.
Taylor, who was 42 years old, was employed by a farmer in Shrewsbury as a farm hand and at the time of the accident was engaged in driving an empty farm produce truck from one section of the property to another. Investigators stated that he had apparently driven his truck directly in the path of the oncoming express and at no time attempted to apply his brakes. Examination of the road surface, which is of clay and gravel, revealed this fact. The crossing, from which an unobstructed view of the tracks in both directions may be obtained, is a private one and has no watchman.
Engineer Smith stated that the bell of the Blue Comet had been kept ringing ever since the train pulled out of the red Bank station. The whistle, he said, had also been sounded. Finkel's lane is one of several small thoroughfares that cross the tracks before the latter reach the new state highway bridge about two thousand yards from the scene of the accident.
The collision carried the farm truck to directly beneath the highway bridge. The truck was demolished and the locomotive of the train badly damaged. A steam valve cap from the automatic safety control of the engine was damaged and the steam escaped. After a delay of about an hour, the train limped into the Eatontown station, where an extra locomotive from Red bank took up the interrupted journey. During this time autoists crossing the highway bridge parked and left their cars, to get closer to the scene of the accident, and a bad traffic jam resulted.
County Physician H. W. Hartman was notified and he issued the death certificate. The body was ordered removed to the Worden funeral home at Red Bank and was prepared for burial.
Mr. Taylor was born in Virginia but had resided at Beacon, New York, before moving to this section six years ago. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Charlotte Taylor; two daughters, Miss Marion Taylor of Shrewsbury and Mrs. Harriet Henderson of Duchess Junction, New York; three sons, Richard, William and Cleveland Taylor, all of Springfield, Massachusetts, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Turner of Mendham.
Mr. Taylor was employed on the farm owned by C. Broderson of Shrewsbury. Mr. Broderson stated that Taylor did not possess a driver's license because he was employed only in driving on the farm property.
The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock at the Worden funeral home on East Front street with Rev. Joseph W. Lee, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, officiating. Professional bearers were in attendance. Burial, in charge of the Worden funeral home, was made at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning in White Ridge cemetery at Eatontown.
Red Bank Register, Thurs., Jan. 16, 1936
William Taylor, colored Shrewsbury Farm Hard, Meets Instant Death when He Drives in Path of Express Train.
William Taylor, colored, of Shrewsbury was instantly killed shortly before one o'clock Friday afternoon when the truck which he was driving was struck by the Central Railroad express, the Blue Comet, while crossing the tracks at finkel's lane in that borough. His injuries consisted of a broken back, crushed chest, internal injuries, fractured left arm, fractured left ankle and many contusions and bruises.
An investigation of the accident was immediately begun by Shrewsbury authorities and the railroad company. William J. Smith of Elizabeth, engineer of the train, was taken into custody for questioning, and was later released.
Taylor, who was 42 years old, was employed by a farmer in Shrewsbury as a farm hand and at the time of the accident was engaged in driving an empty farm produce truck from one section of the property to another. Investigators stated that he had apparently driven his truck directly in the path of the oncoming express and at no time attempted to apply his brakes. Examination of the road surface, which is of clay and gravel, revealed this fact. The crossing, from which an unobstructed view of the tracks in both directions may be obtained, is a private one and has no watchman.
Engineer Smith stated that the bell of the Blue Comet had been kept ringing ever since the train pulled out of the red Bank station. The whistle, he said, had also been sounded. Finkel's lane is one of several small thoroughfares that cross the tracks before the latter reach the new state highway bridge about two thousand yards from the scene of the accident.
The collision carried the farm truck to directly beneath the highway bridge. The truck was demolished and the locomotive of the train badly damaged. A steam valve cap from the automatic safety control of the engine was damaged and the steam escaped. After a delay of about an hour, the train limped into the Eatontown station, where an extra locomotive from Red bank took up the interrupted journey. During this time autoists crossing the highway bridge parked and left their cars, to get closer to the scene of the accident, and a bad traffic jam resulted.
County Physician H. W. Hartman was notified and he issued the death certificate. The body was ordered removed to the Worden funeral home at Red Bank and was prepared for burial.
Mr. Taylor was born in Virginia but had resided at Beacon, New York, before moving to this section six years ago. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Charlotte Taylor; two daughters, Miss Marion Taylor of Shrewsbury and Mrs. Harriet Henderson of Duchess Junction, New York; three sons, Richard, William and Cleveland Taylor, all of Springfield, Massachusetts, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Turner of Mendham.
Mr. Taylor was employed on the farm owned by C. Broderson of Shrewsbury. Mr. Broderson stated that Taylor did not possess a driver's license because he was employed only in driving on the farm property.
The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock at the Worden funeral home on East Front street with Rev. Joseph W. Lee, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, officiating. Professional bearers were in attendance. Burial, in charge of the Worden funeral home, was made at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning in White Ridge cemetery at Eatontown.
Red Bank Register, Thurs., Jan. 16, 1936
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